NHER 49418 (Monument record) - Site of former poor allotment at Common Fen

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Summary

The area of land now known as Common Fen is marked as belonging to the ‘Trustees of the Poor’ on Smallburgh Enclosure Map of 1814, indicating that it was once a poor allotment. The possible outlines of former doles are visible as vegetation marks and perhaps slight earthworks on aerial photographs. Much of the site is now covered by woodland.

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Map sheet TG32SE
Civil Parish SMALLBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Common Fen (centred at TG 3509 2451) is marked on Smallburgh Enclosure Map (S1) as belonging to the ‘Trustees of the Poor’, indicating that it was once a poor allotment. It was presumably comparable to those known elsewhere in the Broads, such as East Ruston Allotment (NHER 22943). As at East Ruston, the possible outlines of former doles (presumably used for cutting surface peat) are visible on aerial photographs (S2), and their extent has been mapped.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 May 2007.

  • <S1> Map: Corby, R.. 1814. Smallburgh Enclosure Map. 1 inch: 6 chains.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2090-1 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).

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Aug 21 2012 4:37PM

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